I always approach film as a fan.

People are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that.

Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

It's the worst thing if you're sitting there in the theater, going, "Oh, that's the guy who dates this person and likes to do this in the morning and that in the afternoon." Then you're just watching a brand, as opposed to an actor.

Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in denial.

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.